Hexagram 62 小過, Line 4
小過
Hexagram 62 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
无咎，弗過遇之。往厲必戒，勿用永貞。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject falling into no error, but meeting (the exigency of his situation), without exceeding (in his natural course). If he go forward, there will be peril, and he must be cautious. There is no occasion to be using firmness perpetually.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
弗過遇之，位不當也。往厲必戒，終不可長也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 62 becomes hexagram 15.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 弗fúnot, negative
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 戒jièto warn, to admonish; to swear off, to a
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 也yěalso, too
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.